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Approximate Truth and Confirmation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2022

Robert John Schwartz
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Abstract

In this paper I show that Goodman's theory of projectibility, although partly successful, is inadequate since it fails to take into consideration the “approximate” nature of certain scientific hypotheses.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 48 , Issue 4 , December 1981 , pp. 606 - 610
Copyright
Copyright © 1981 by the Philosophy of Science Association

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